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What was Augustus Henry Fitzroy Grafton's career in politics?

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After serving as a secretary of state (1765-66), he became first lord of the treasury in Lord Chatham's administration (1766-68) and, because of Chatham's illness, effective chief minister. He officially became chief minister in 1768.

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